Poverty in Doha, Qatar
In Qatar, there may be absolute poverty in the country for some individuals but no poverty for many native Qatar citizens. The reason is that the income per capita of Qatar does not paint a realistic picture since data collected is believed to be based on indigenous countries’ citizens whose demographic is estimated to be around 250,000. In Doha, the population comprises mainly of immigrants who are unemployed, making them survive in substandard living conditions (Gallagher 65). It is evident that the reasons mentioned in the discussion explain how the wealth gap in Doha has led to the budding irreversible poverty rate in the region due to the disproportionate of wealth distribution
Poverty Trends in Doha
Poverty in Doha is mainly in the rural phenomena in households where immigrants have a high dependency ratio, which is characterized by a high unemployment rate with agricultural workers or individuals in the informal sector. Additionally, immigrants have lower educational attainment, and this creates a high percentage of forced human labor.
Regarding housing characteristics, most citizens in Doha have lower access to water and sanitation. Poverty in the Doha increases as income decreases; this creates inequality. Changes can be shown with the economic development component where the county consumption expenditure is higher than the growth rate per capita of its economy (Winters 271). The distribution of the income components of the country is unequal since income distribution varies. The poor people are many in comparison to the rich. The growth rate of Qatar is considerably high, but this does not make the country have sufficient conditions of reducing their poverty level, Increase in poverty can be attributed to the shifts in the mean of the country per capita. The poverty trend of Doha has increased day by day, with most immigrants from neighboring countries escaping their home poverty in the hope of achieving financial stability for their families and themselves. This causes a considerable influx in the country, which accounts for high government revenue allocation, thus increasing the poverty trend.
Reflection of Doha Poverty through Immigrants.
In 1971, the population of Qatar was approximately 119,000 peoples in recent years. This migration has only increased Doha poverty level with the immigrant workers earning an average of about $1,920 annually with the industry comprising of ten of thousands of immigrants who include the country’s 90percent population and workforce (Anderson et al., 202). Another reason for the poverty increase in Doha is that every immigrant in the country is a short-term contract. However, due to the high cost of living and low income, they are forced to stay in the country and so they are forced to continue working lower paid jobs while they are simultaneously being limited to the amount of money they are paid. Life becomes hard to especially for those who may decide to abandon these conditions but have no authorization to leave the country, making most people living in absolute poverty.
Overall, poverty in Doha is primarily attributed to the immigrant’s low quality of life. Still, they are slowly overcoming the hardships through the additional assistance given to them by various organizations and the government. They rely on the organizations for help through the food programs where packaged food which contains milk powder, cooking oil, and flour.